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Statue of Sir Isaac Newton

Statue of Sir Isaac Newton at Trinty College Chapel, Cambridge.

Sir Isaac Newton (1643–1726) entered Cambridge University in 1661. He was elected a Fellow of Trinity College in 1667 and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in 1669. He remained at the university, lecturing in most years, until 1696.

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